HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

I've seen comments along the lines of "what's the point in even watching if your favourite characters are just gonna get killed all the time"

My wife is still pissed about it. She sent me an email over lunch that just read "I still can't belive they killed him!".

"what's the point in even watching if your favourite characters are just gonna get killed all the time"

Not fans of The Wire either, eh?

that is precisely the point of watching!

But, tbh, if Ned Stark was your favorite character, well, you're watching wrong.

If Arya and Tyrion aren't your favorite characters you're a horrible person.

like once I realized that offing characters was like "a thing" it made the books even more addictive imo

It's weird. He's a lot more beloved than i thought.

he's a dude

I'm sure they'll get over it after next week's tho

I dig the idea of Ned's character, but in reality he's pretty damn boring. You don't have to agree with a character's motivations to find them completely engaging.

eh i dont really blame them, sean bean is the biggest or second-biggest name in the cast by a very long shot, plus he was the focus of the marketing campaign--if i was watching the show w/out having read the books id be telling myself "no way theyre going to kill off sean bean, itd be like killing off tony soprano/steve buscemi in that other show/jimmy mcnulty"

I'm sure they'll get over it after next week's tho

― Number None, Monday, June 13, 2011 3:08 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm, the end of book 1 is effing nuts, the season finale will be so sick, really hoping they use imogen heaps "hide and seek"

max otm

The marketing campaign etc was very well played i think

really hoping they use imogen heaps "hide and seek"

lol

otm, the end of book 1 is effing nuts, the season finale will be so sick, really hoping they use imogen heaps "hide and seek"

omg

Yeah seems like casting Bean as Eddard was super canny---get viewers in the door with a big name actor who's not likely to commit to years of television and hook them on the rest

btw is tyrions accent getting worse as the show progresses or is it just me

can I just say again that Joffrey is a shit?

Hopefully the money they save on Bean's salary can be spent on some BATTLES. my only minor complaint about this episode.

they cast Joffrey perfectly, I just want to strangle the little shit every time he's onscreen

Hopefully the money they save on Bean's salary can be spent on some BATTLES. my only minor complaint about this episode.

they pretty neatly dodged having to depict anything, didn't they

I sorta don't care about the battles---I'm in it for the ~machinations~

I lolled pretty hardcore when Tyrion got trampled by his own men

xxp: the kids on this show are uniformly amazing

er or rather xp

Nah i know it was done well but i do hope there's a bit more of an epic feel going forward

btw where's the thread where we can talk about the books? I'm on iPhone and can't search for it

George R. R. Martin

we could revive this

Hopefully the money they save on Bean's salary can be spent on some BATTLES.

I keep imagining the score being replaced with Mirrored and Gloss Drop

the thought did occur to me

this is where we've been talking 'bout the books:

Anticipating A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin (Nov. 9)

Dug the scene between Catelyn and Robb about marrying one of Lord Frey's daughters. Possibly her most likeable moment - "One was..."

Hopefully the money they save on Bean's salary can be spent on some BATTLES. my only minor complaint about this episode.

― Number None, Monday, June 13, 2011 3:17 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

iirc martin only really depicts two battles in the books

Doesn't Tyrion actually fight for a bit before getting knocked out in the book though? I'd just like it if the scope of these things was conveyed a little more. I understand that's difficult to do.

yeah tbf this is one of the battles that he DOES depict, i was just thinking that martin doesnt dwell overlong on big army battles. he likes fights though.

Having the POV character miss the battle was much cleverer storytelling than staging a cheapo battle would've been IMO.

If Arya and Tyrion aren't your favorite characters you're a horrible person.

Also Jon Snow.

I felt they could have shown some kind of skirmish in the woods before Jamie's capture. That seemed to be done a little abruptly.

Oh yeah, I didn't really get how that came to be.

i was wondering that too. if the Lannisters thought they were going to battle why was Jamie milling about somewhere away from the thousands of soldiers etc?!

They were off to besiege Riverrun, Catelyn's dad's place

oh! i missed that somehow.

I don't think it was very clearly explained.

I can't even remember if it was explained tbh

May have been a throwaway line in the previous ep that that was what he was off to do.

i think that's the case?

also man that executioner's sword was lol hueg

they talk about it the previous ep when tyrion brings bronn & co. to his dad

i was waiting for those two when they were chilling with the whore to start playing truth or dare.
that scene was pretty dull until they got to the story about Tyrion being married.

explains alot.

also man that executioner's sword was lol hueg

was supposed to be Stark's own sword, "Ice", which they just left out of the show for whatever reason.

Some of the madness i was referring to earlier
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/13/game-of-thrones-reaction/